The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 857 Marine Environment
Yun Province, Kunming City.

Panshan Hospital.

Liu Tao was sweating profusely and nervously held Zhu Lin's hand.

Last night, Zhu Lin's stomach started to hurt a little, and she felt that she might be giving birth soon. Liu Tao immediately sent Zhu Lin to Panshan Hospital to complete the admission procedures for delivery.

Even though he had four children, Liu Tao was still very nervous at this time.

With the current medical conditions of Panshan Group, giving birth is actually not dangerous, but Liu Tao is still nervous.

Instead of a caesarean section, I chose a natural birth.

Zhu Lin screamed in pain, his face was pale and covered with sweat.

Giving birth to a child is really like walking through the gates of hell.

Not to mention that Zhu Lin is now an elderly mother, and giving birth is no longer the same as before.

Liu Tao felt heartbroken and could only continue to encourage Zhu Lin.

Finally, the child was born.

The loud cry of a baby represents the arrival of a new life.

"It's twins, a boy and a girl. Congratulations!" The nurse congratulated with a happy face.

Two new lives came into the world ten minutes apart.

Two nurses held two newborn babies and began to clean them. Then they put clothes and diapers on them and wrapped them in blankets. There was a piece of paper on the blanket with information on it, recording the specific time of birth, weight, and height.

After everything was processed, they were transferred to the observation room.

Zhu Lin was exhausted, but she exuded the aura of maternal love.

Liu Tao and the nurse brought the babies close to her so that they could learn to breastfeed, one baby on each side.

Liu Tao looked at the two little lives and his heart was filled with joy.

This is my own child.

This feeling of new life is a joy no matter how many times we experience it.

More than an hour later, she was transferred from the observation room to the confinement center. Zhu Lin will stay in the confinement center during the confinement period.

The other four children were left to be taken care of by Chen Fang and others.

Liu Tao personally applied for birth certificates for the two children.

As for the names of the children, they had already thought about it in advance. The boy was named Liu Yiyong and the girl was named Liu Dini, which means Liu Tao's Nizi, and also indicates that this is Liu Tao's youngest daughter, the last daughter.

After obtaining the child's birth certificate, Liu Tao took the initiative to pay the fine, a total of 1468.9 million yuan.

The birth of his two children filled Liu Tao with joy, and he was happy to pay the fine.

It was not until Zhu Lin finished her confinement that Liu Tao went on a business trip.

An island southeast of Qiongdao, about 300 kilometers away from Qiongdao. The island is about 1950 meters long from east to west and 1350 meters wide from north to south, with an area of ​​2.13 square kilometers and an average altitude of 5 meters.

This was originally a fishing village with a population of several hundred people who made a living by fishing.

In the sky, a laser engraving helicopter was flying and hovering in the air.

On the helicopter, Liu Tao held a telescope and looked at the runway that had been built on the island below.

As a carrier-based aircraft, the 'Sea Hawk' fighter needs to be tested in an ocean environment and undergo a series of tests to determine its performance.

Panshan Group selected three sea areas to build runways as test flight sites. Now the island has been repaired.

The project manager 'Fei Tong' is reporting the situation to Liu Tao.

In order to build this project, Panshan Group invested hundreds of millions of dollars.

Sand, gravel, cement, etc. all have to be transported from land, and the cost is much higher than building directly on land.

In addition to the runway, radar stations, weather stations, etc. were also built.

"The project has been completed and is ready for test flight," said Fei Tong.

Liu Tao nodded.

The demand for the Seahawk fighter jet will be limited in the future, and the demand is estimated to be no more than one or two hundred.

It stands to reason that there is no need to spend such a huge amount of money and build a test runway on such a grand scale.

But from another perspective, these runways can also be used as take-off and landing runways for other fighter jets.

Any island can be regarded as an unsinkable aircraft carrier by the locals.

If it is a large island, it is a super unsinkable aircraft carrier.

Now the test flight runway has been built. The next step is for the team to move in and collect data on meteorological and other aspects. Once it is proven to be feasible, the "Sea Hawk" fighter will come here for a test flight.

So far, 12 "Sea Hawk" fighter jets have been produced, which is not a small number.

Thailand will send carrier-based aircraft pilots to China for training next year so that they can become qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots before the light aircraft carrier is built and delivered to the Thai Navy.

Half an hour later, the helicopter landed on the runway.

Liu Tao attaches great importance to this place. It will not only be used as a test flight site for the "Sea Eagle" fighter, but also as a test flight site for the J-7, J-8 series fighters, J-10 fighters, and J-11 fighters to detect the performance changes of these aircraft in the marine environment.

The marine environment and the land environment are two different environments.

Different environments have different impacts on aircraft, and the performance that the aircraft can exhibit is also different.

Not to mention the huge differences between marine and land environments, even the land environments such as plains, hills, mountains, plateaus, and deserts are very different and have different impacts on fighter jets.

For example, the J-11 fighter jet was flown in all these different environments before being confirmed to be ready for service, even flying over Mount Everest. Only after confirming that it had powerful performance in various situations was the J-11 fighter jet allowed to serve, rather than requiring a longer period of test flights and finally being approved for service step by step.

However, the J-11 fighter has not been tested in complex marine environments.

Although the current J-11A fighter jets are in service and have the ability to attack ground and sea, they all take off and land at land airports. There has been no testing of their takeoff and landing on runways in ocean environments.

The same situation also occurs on the J-10 fighter.

And next, we will make up for this regret.

Moreover, test flights here will also play a great role in the development of the J-11C fighter.

The J-11C fighter, as a carrier-based aircraft, is different from the J-11A fighter, as a land-based fighter. Because carrier-based aircraft take off from aircraft carriers, and aircraft carriers are sailing on the sea, affected by ocean weather conditions and wind and waves, the aircraft carriers will shake, and the flight area on the deck is limited, making it very difficult for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land. This requires carrier-based aircraft to have characteristics such as a low center of gravity and strong anti-dumping ability, and must have better take-off and landing performance, lower landing speed, and good low-speed maneuverability than land-based aircraft.

Moreover, due to the length of the take-off deck of an aircraft carrier, carrier-based aircraft usually take off with the help of a catapult. During take-off, the hook of the carrier-based aircraft is connected to the catapult. Under the combined effect of its own engine thrust and the ejection force, the carrier-based aircraft will unhook and fly off the deck after sliding for dozens of meters. During landing, the carrier-based aircraft can forcibly stop after sliding a short distance with the help of its own arresting hook and the arresting cable on the aircraft carrier. This requires the carrier-based aircraft to have a sturdy body structure and landing gear with excellent shock-absorbing performance to ensure that it can withstand the acceleration of catapult take-off and the impact load during landing.

Another thing is that carrier-based aircraft need to have a folding structure. The design of the folding structure is mainly to reduce the size of carrier-based aircraft so that more carrier-based aircraft can be placed and stored in a limited space. In addition, there is a mooring device on the fuselage of the carrier-based aircraft, which can be used to tether the aircraft to the ship to prevent the aircraft from tipping over when the ship is shaking violently.

Finally, the corrosion resistance of carrier-based aircraft must be stronger.

Now, selecting islands in three sea areas to build runways is just the first step. Next year, a merchant ship will be converted into an aircraft carrier, thus preparing for the development of carrier-based models of the future J-10 and J-11 fighter jets.

(End of this chapter)